The ADD/ADHD Thread (cont'd from Peeves)
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@tributary Oh, I planned on taking it, like clockwork (yay for having to take meds already at those times of day).
But I just want to know from those in the trenches and front lines...and not from a Dr who has never had this issue. -
Preface: I'm not taking adderall, I'm prescribed a different stimulant (called Vyvanse in the US I believe), but I'm assuming the effects should be broadly similar.
I've been taking this for just over two months now. I've had my dosage increased twice, and each time I've noticed small improvements. More quality-of-life things rather than major changes, but as we haven't settled on a steady dosage, this may change in the future.
The kind of improvements I have noticed so far:
- My thinking is more joined up. Example: I cleared all the crap out of my car so it would be empty for helping a friend move furniture. And as I finished doing it, I thought, "Why don't I vacuum the interior while it's empty?" That kind of natural next step just wouldn't have occurred to me before, and then I did it, rather than just thinking about doing it. (thus far the 'actually doing' has only been for minor things, but still!)
- I have more patience with music. I am known amongst my circle of friends as someone who is constantly skipping songs on Spotify playlists - songs I have added as favourites, sometimes 15-20 before settling on one, then skipping that once halfway through. I'm no longer doing this anywhere near as much, and it's really nice to just be able to listen without getting impatient.
- When I'm doing work, I can ignore little distractions. Things like an arriving email, or a Teams message - previously I could not ignore the little flashing notification, I would have to go and read it, then likely get further distracted, only returning to my work maybe 5-10 minutes later and then being distracted again by the next one. Now, I feel able to wait until I reach a natural pause in what I'm doing, the notification isn't as urgent-seeming.
As said, none of these are individually life-changing, but they are definite improvements for me, things that I didn't notice until I'd been taking the meds for a few weeks and was thinking back about whether anything had changed.
I hope this helps with some suggestions of the kind of improvements that you might see as you work towards finding the right dosage, even if they're not the big 'I have a working executive function!!!' kind of changes, every little helps.
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@vixanic A friend of mine actually had told me if Adderall doesn't work, I should ask about Vyvanse. I even wrote it down (She made me. Means srs bsnss).
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Trying to watch the "How to ADHD" channel videos.. and being distracted because she's adorable.
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Reading about all these ADHD journeys brings me so much joy. All the happy brain chemicals.
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Finally managed to email someone about an eval, and their waitlist is through August.
I really just want my brain to not be constantly on fire.
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@puppybreath -hug-
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Object impermanence is so real - I had NO IDEA how much stuff I had in the old freezer.
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My experience of trying to make/maintain MU friends.
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@puppybreath ouch
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@carma This is why I say aloud what I want to look up, in the hopes I will remember hearing myself say it by the time Google loads.
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This thread fell off the front page and I felt that that was wrong, i was instead reading about MU TS drama again. So have a meme.
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@wretched I feel this, on so many levels.
At first, the meds seemed to be helping.. but not enough.
How do I explain it?
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@macha eh, let other people decide when you've been a pain to them.
"Nothing's clean, Howard. But we do our best, right?"
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@misadventure Right now, my problems more lean to too much 'noise' leading me to feeling overwhelmed and super irritated.
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@insomniac7809 I'd love to see a study on the effect TikTok has on ADD/ADHD people.
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I AM IN THIS PICTURE AND I DON'T LIKE IT.
Seriously, if you have ever interacted with me and I came off as any one of the above, I can promise you that 99% of the time, it was actually exactly this.
EXACTLY THIS.
(ohgodimsorry)
